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and lower parts white; white patch on primaries, conspicu- 

 ous in flight ; upper throat and line about the bill dull 

 black; forehead with wide white band- lower throat sulphur 

 yellow; breast and sides thickly streaked with black and 

 white. $ with crown and occiput crimson; 9 with crown 

 black, occiput crimson. Iris white. 7-9 inches. 

 Mexico; western Texas. 



a. M. f. angustifrons, Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



Similar, but with a narrow band of white across the forehead; 

 breast and sides not so thickly streaked. 



Lower California, never occurring within the borders of 



the United States. 



b. M. f. bairdi, Calif ornian Woodpecker, El Carpintero. 

 Similar to M. formicivorus, but the breast black, little 

 streaked with white except along the sides; yellow of throat 

 paler, or replaced by white. Iris white. Larger, 7.5-9.5 

 inches. 



Pacific coast, north into Oregon to 44, east to southern 

 New Mexico and Texas in the south and to the eastern 

 slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains in 

 the north, but more abundant, on the western than on the 

 eastern slopes of these mountains. 



17. MELANERPES TORQUATUS, Lewis's Woodpecker. 



Upper parts, wings, and tail glossy greenish black; under 

 parts pinkish red ; chest and collar round hind neck hoary 

 gray; crown and sides of head black; forehead, cheeks, and 

 chin crimson. Sexes alike. Young with pink replaced by 

 grayish. 10.5-11.5 inches. 



Pacific coast, east to Black Hills and Rocky Mountains 

 between Arizona and 49th parallel; casual still farther 

 east; migratory in its northern ranges; a silent, heavy 

 flying bird, different in habits and appearance from the 

 other woodpeckers; often seen flycatchiug. 



18. MELANERPES CAROLINUS, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Zebra 



Bird. 

 Back and wings black, barred with white; under and upper 



